Instrument Technician Data Entry

JOSHUA DANIEL OLIPHANT

Huffman, TX 281-***-**** **********@*****.***

SN#-***-**-****

Instrument/Electrical Technician

Superintendent

Expertise Precision Quality

Two decades of hands-on Instrument/Electrical experience in Maintenance and New Construction as a fitter bending ” to 1 ” tubing and as a Technician performing instrument and valve calibrations, DCS migrations and troubleshooting. Three phase motor control troubleshooting in maintenance. Detailed understanding of the importance of Process Automation in the broader scope of companies Process Operations. Proven ability to lead and manage teams to meet company goals and create customer satisfaction.

QA/QC Focused

480-5kv 3-Phase Motor Controls

Smart Motor Controllers/Soft Motor Starters/VFD

DCS Troubleshooting (Delta V)

Ground Grid Design and Installs

Rod, Fiber Flex, Point Source Detectors

GC, CEMS, ORP, TOC, IR, LEL,NIR, Hydrocarbon Analyzers

Instrument/ Valve/ Calibrations

CAD Experience (Navisworks)

Nuclear Gauge Operation Certification and Troubleshooting Experience.

P&ID/Loop Drawings/One Lines

Foundation Fieldbus

Free Space/Guided Wave Radars

Team Management

Microsoft 365 Experience

Excel,Word, PowerPoint, and Teams Proficient

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Saulsbury, Cowboy CDP XTO, Carlsbad, New Mexico January 2023-Present Lead I/E Technician

Function testing on all Instrument loops, valves and switch for sell off and commissioning.

Compile loop drawings, P&ID, Data Sheets and Location Drawings necessary for locating, configuring and selling off assigned Delta V Charms Loops.

Data entry of all 5 points checked on analog loops, and discrete values into a digitized program called Hexagon.

MMR GRP, Suncor Refinery, Commerce City, Colorado September 2022-January 2023 I/E Superintendent

Performed material takeoffs using project work scopes and prints, as well as field measurements and installation details provided by the client.

Input material into an Excel workbook to get a PO generated and send the purchase requisition to approved vendors.

Coordinated and schedule times and dates to get the scope of work completed with other companies and crafts involved with the current ongoing projects.

Coordinated work with Plant Operations as well onsite electrical, instrument, and analyzer groups to complete work without causing unit upsets, or scheduling outages whenever possible.

Provided my foreman’s and field hands with work tasks that have been scheduled with all affected parties and the prints and materials necessary to complete said work.

Teams meetings with clients for scheduling, progress updates and weekly projections.

Completed all time related paperwork and ensured it was received by Payroll Department.

Inventory and obtain all Proof of Delivery paperwork on incoming material and sign and scan the Delivery paperwork to Receiving Department to close out active PO numbers.

Compile and complete all relevant QA/QC documentation for PSSR and final project turnover folders and online uploading.

Texas ROU LLC, AirGas, Paris, Tx June 2022-July 2022

Process Automation Technician

Repair all of the Schneider PLC issues that were caused by a spike and then total loss of power to a satellite unit.

Re-configuration of the VFDs that controlled the air and vacuum blowers as well as the oxygen booster unit.

Give recommendations on what work needed to be done to avoid the same issues in the future. Then carry out the approved recommendations, such as necessary grounding, Instrument shielding and lightning protection.

MMR, Exxon, Billings, Montana May 2022-June 2022

Instrument / Electrical Technical Supervisor

Assign technicians to install and commission instrumentation and valves according to client request.

Determine routing for all process tubing and explain it to fitters, and perform the more complicated tubing runs myself to ensure client satisfaction.

Perform SIS checkouts on the instruments and valves affected by the fire.

Etec, Calpine, Fairfield, Tx. April 2022- May 2022

Instrument / Electrical Technician

DCS migration form MARK 6 to Emerson Ovation. Lifted wiring from old MARK 6 cabinets and landed the field wiring in the new Emerson Ovation cabinets to the assigned points on the cards.

After DCS migration we checked every loop from the end devices to the DCS and operations console and performed troubleshooting on any issues found.

Worley, Lyondell Basell, Deer Park, Tx August 2021-April 2022

Instrument / Electrical Foreman

Install and commission instrumentation and valves according to as built packages received from the client.

Supervise and assist fitters running Decron and stainless tubing for new and upgraded analyzer houses, and then commission the analyzers.

Walk down jobs, plan out work, order material and assign necessary personnel to complete jobs.

Austin Industrial, Noltex, La Porte,Tx. July 2017-August 2021

Instrument / Electrical Technician

Troubleshoot and repair all process instrumentation (Rosemount, Yokogawa) in live units with operations assistance to lock out equipment.

Rebuild, troubleshoot, and calibrate Fisher diaphragm valves with DVC positioners, and Elo-Matic piston actuated valves with TopWorx switch assemblies.

Perform general maintenance and calibrations on Emerson/Rosemount Analytical Gas Chromatographs, ABB IR Analyzers and their associated Sample Condition Systems.

Worked with vendors to acquire new instruments, valves, and other parts necessary to make general maintenance repairs.

Calibrations on all Hydrocarbon and LEL analyzers used for plant safety.

Maintained two PLC driven conveyors lines and all the switching, sensors, load cells, and associated motors and systems.

Austin Industrial, Bayer/Covestro, Baytown,Tx January 2014 – July 2017

Instrument / Electrical Technician

Troubleshooting and repair of process instrumentation in running units.

Troubleshoot and repair of diaphragm and piston actuated valves in live processes.(Sampson, Fisher, Elo-Matic)

Avoided interlocks using engineering bypasses in Delta V and HIMA SIS systems while troubleshooting and repairing valves and various instrumentation.

Installation and configuration of Coriolis, Vortex Shedders, and Mag inline flow meters.(Endress & Hauser/ Rosemount Micro Motion).

Worked on close coupled diaphragm pressures, capillary diaphragm pressures and standard DP transmitters. (Siemens Sitrans P, Endress & Hauser, and Rosemount 3051).

Maintained and calibrated various temperature transmitters and the variety of elements used such as Platinum 100 and 1000 RTD’s, type K, J, and B thermocouples. (Endress & Hauser TMT 162, Rosemount 3144, Wika).

Nuclear Gauge Operator Certification to work on nuclear levels. All the sources, detectors, and process vessels associated with them. (Ohmart, Texas Nuclear, Berthold Technologies).

Employed broad experience with various DCS systems (ranging from Provox cards to Delta V-M and S series, as well as charms modules, and the HIMA SIS system).

Worked as an Instrument/Electrical QA/QC Inspector, at client’s request.

MMR, Houston, TX October 2013 – January 2014

New Construction Lead Technician

Using data sheets from customer to verify bench calibrations on new instrumentation, then followed up with operations engineering to complete looping sales.

Wired and set up solenoids and adjusted limit switches on piston actuated valves and, tuned split range control valve loops for natural gas compression stations.

Amber LP, Exxon, Baytown,TX January 2013 – October 2013

Senior Instrument Technician

Configuration, calibration verification and installation of new instrumentation, using pressure modules and pumps, thermal baths and any other necessary test equipment.(HART 475 and Honeywell Communicators)

Maintenance on instrumentation in running units on Exxon BTAP jobs contracted through Amber LP.

Oversaw instrument and electrical QA/QC documentation.

Ensured that company and client protocol and Installation Details were followed, performing all aspects of quality control on projects until turnover of equipment to the client was complete.

Early Contracting Services and TIC/Cameron Flow Control, La Marque, TX February 2011 – January 2013

Instrument Fitter and Analytical / Technical Foreman

Configured all instrumentation and performed foreman duties for the instrument fitters.

Provided technical and analytical leadership.

Sampled Conditions Systems for analyzers.

Managed and scheduled job assignments for ten other employees under my supervision.

Utilized customer drawings to design piping and create supply orders.

Ensured customer satisfaction on each order through consistent interaction with customer and quality control, including redlines and document control.

Meitec, Celanese, Clear Lake, TX February 2010 – February 2011

Lead Instrument Technician

Interfaced with operations engineering to complete loop sales and testing on piston and diaphragm actuated valves and other new installation instruments using the following types of testing equipment: digital Crystal pump, Fluke 718, Merriam RTD calibration meter, and HART 475 communicator, as well as others.

Performed terminations in instrument junction boxes, FTR cabinets, and Delta V Charms DCS cabinets.

Zachary / Chevron Phillips Pasadena, La Porte, TX March 2008 – November 2009

Maintenance Instrument Fitter

Ran tubing and screw pipe for new or damaged valves and instruments.

Rerouted tubing and screw pipe for valves and instruments which were being relocated.

Interstates Instrumentation / Panda Ethanol, Sioux City, IA March 2007 – February 2008

Instrument Fitter Field Foreman

Supervised and assigned job duties, including the ordering of materials, for 4 instrument fitters using P&IDs and CAD programming.

Ran tubing and screw pipe for valves and instruments.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Business Administration, University of Houston, Houston, TX

AAS Instrument Technology, San Jacinto Central Jr. College, Pasadena, TX

Instrument Fitter Certification, NCCER

Instrument Technician Certification, NCCER

Nuclear Gauge Operation Certification

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